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JOSEPH GARY VOGRINEC
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – January 29, 1968
Service recordJoseph Gary Vogrinec, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 63
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 63
- JOHN FRANCO RUIZSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- RICHARD SHANNON RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- STUART HAROLD THOMSONSergeant First Class · January 29, 1968
- CHARLES NICHOLAS TREDINNICKSergeant First Class · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 62
- DANNY A WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
- DAVID PHERRAL DUNYONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.